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including the leaders of libya. it is also important to point out so people can and see the balance of opinions in libya, the outpouring of support and very strong reaction against the violence which our embassy has reported from libya and people have taken to the streets, saying, not in our name. the embassy has messages condemning the attacks. libyan political leaders and leaders of the government have repeatedly condemned what they call a cowardly and criminal act. in my own experience, i visited twice in the last year. there were vast members of people there who want good relations with western nations and all nations and are grateful for all the assistance we have given them. so, i believe we must continue to support the people in the so- called arab spring trying to bring freedom and democracy to their country. this is a tragic event. we must not be discarded. we must continue that support. we must maintain our efforts in their ability to be maintained. [indiscernible] the u.s. activity in libya has remained d
including the leaders of libya. it is also important to point out so people can and see the balance of opinions in libya, the outpouring of support and very strong reaction against the violence which our embassy has reported from libya and people have taken to the streets, saying, not in our name. the embassy has messages condemning the attacks. libyan political leaders and leaders of the government have repeatedly condemned what they call a cowardly and criminal act. in my own experience, i...
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libya is an example. one day libya came from the cold. a longtime pariah among nations, rivalling iran as a model for extreme thuggishness, libya came from from the cold. libya -- colonel qadhafi phoned the west and said they would change their ways, they would stop developing weapons of mass destruction and become good neighbors to all. this is before the recent libyan revolution. this is the qadhafi that we helped to overturn, that was by all accounts a horrible dictator. but about two owe three years ago he came from the cold and wanted to be a friend to america. because he wanted our assistance. with an allah christie spread by naivete, the west welcomed him. they went to mete with qadhafi, to meet with his family, to offer qadhafi money. prime minister tony blair gushed with prays for his new friend carcolonel qadhafi. president bush said that libya was no longer a sponsor of terror. according to leaked cable, he was offered aid. fast-forward, barely a year later the arabs bring in the same senators who were offering qadhafi aid, wer
libya is an example. one day libya came from the cold. a longtime pariah among nations, rivalling iran as a model for extreme thuggishness, libya came from from the cold. libya -- colonel qadhafi phoned the west and said they would change their ways, they would stop developing weapons of mass destruction and become good neighbors to all. this is before the recent libyan revolution. this is the qadhafi that we helped to overturn, that was by all accounts a horrible dictator. but about two owe...
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he arrived in libya on a cargo ship and how he believed in libya and its people and how they loved him back. they are and god save he laid down his life for his friends. libyan and american, for us all. today, chris is home. for americans, for petrie at, they loved this country and they chose to serve it and serve it well. they had a mission. they believe in that. they knew the danger and they accepted it. they didn't simply embrace the american ideal, they lived it. they embodied it. the courage, the hope and nasty idealism. that fundamental american belief that we can leave this world a little better than before. that's who they were and that's who we are. if we want to truly honor their memory, it is who we must always eat. i know that this awful loss, terrible images of recent days, pictures seen again today cause some to question this war. there is no doubt these are difficult days. as moments such as this, so much anger, violence, even the most hopeful among us must wonder. amid all the images of this week, i also think of the libyans who took to the streets with homemade signs e
he arrived in libya on a cargo ship and how he believed in libya and its people and how they loved him back. they are and god save he laid down his life for his friends. libyan and american, for us all. today, chris is home. for americans, for petrie at, they loved this country and they chose to serve it and serve it well. they had a mission. they believe in that. they knew the danger and they accepted it. they didn't simply embrace the american ideal, they lived it. they embodied it. the...
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let's look at libya. the issue of aid to libya is even clearer. it is no coincidence that the attack on our diplomats occurred on september 11. this attack was certainly generated by radical elements connected to al qaeda or similar terrorist organizations active in this country. we have seen ample confirmation that neither the libyan government nor the vast majority of the libyan people supported that violence in any way. what we have seen is a fragile state of transition that simply must be supported and encouraged by us and our allies. we have seen a libya that wants to support us, wants to go forward with democracy but has yet to gain control of certain parts of its country and certain elements and infiltrated by terrorists and al qaeda, certain elements that need to be addressed in terms of libya's future and in terms of our own national interest. if we cut off aid to libya, we risk losing the gains of that revolution to the radical elements that are active there and everywhere else in the region. it is impossible to see how ending our assist
let's look at libya. the issue of aid to libya is even clearer. it is no coincidence that the attack on our diplomats occurred on september 11. this attack was certainly generated by radical elements connected to al qaeda or similar terrorist organizations active in this country. we have seen ample confirmation that neither the libyan government nor the vast majority of the libyan people supported that violence in any way. what we have seen is a fragile state of transition that simply must be...
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as we've been reminded by events in egypt, libya and yemen. we've all seen the images of our flag being burned and their enemies under attack or vicious mobs. the worst of it is the loss of four big men, including ambassador to libya. they were there for the most peaceful purposes in service to our country. and today, our country honors their lives and grieves with their families. [applause] all of us are watching events closely, but we know who america is dealing with in these attacks. they are extremists who operate by violence and intimidation in the least equivocation or mixed-signal only makes them bolder. look across that region today. the slaughter of brave dissidents in syria, mobs storming american embassies and consulate. iran four years closer to getting a nuclear weapon. israel, our best ally in the region treated with indifference bordering on contempt by the obama administration. [applause] amid all these threats and dangers, what we do not see his steady, consistent american leadership. in the days ahead and in the years ahead,
as we've been reminded by events in egypt, libya and yemen. we've all seen the images of our flag being burned and their enemies under attack or vicious mobs. the worst of it is the loss of four big men, including ambassador to libya. they were there for the most peaceful purposes in service to our country. and today, our country honors their lives and grieves with their families. [applause] all of us are watching events closely, but we know who america is dealing with in these attacks. they...
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and he was our ambassador libya. and i am sad to say that it appears that this was a plot -- it was not an accident, it wasn't something that happened because he happened to be in the consulate; it apparently was a premeditated murder of our ambassador, and i know the whole country mourns the loss of someone who tries so hard to do what is right and to have this happen. so, i want to pay my respects to him and to all who knew and worked with him and to say that, in my travel that i have been so fofortunate to make as a united states senator, i am so impressed with the representatives of the united states in our embassies and consulates throughout the world. our foreign service representatives of our country do a fabulous job, and they do take their lives and put them in danger sometimes, especially in countries that are strife-torn, as certainly libya is right now and egypt as well. and my great respect goes out to our foreign service community, and i think we have just been reminded of the service they give and the
and he was our ambassador libya. and i am sad to say that it appears that this was a plot -- it was not an accident, it wasn't something that happened because he happened to be in the consulate; it apparently was a premeditated murder of our ambassador, and i know the whole country mourns the loss of someone who tries so hard to do what is right and to have this happen. so, i want to pay my respects to him and to all who knew and worked with him and to say that, in my travel that i have been so...
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on the issue of libya today, stunning the lack of coordination between the intelligence community and the state department and now that we're reacting when we could have been proactive, didn't have a marine corp. attachment on the ground, in tripoli, the embassy, pretended it was a permissive environment, which was stunning to me costing the lives of the u.s. ambassador and two of his co-workers. with that said, let me put a question out to the united states marine corp.. with our ability to respond in the region with fast teams and ops how to sequester and impact that capability? >> what we make every effort to do is ensure the current operations don't suffer so the expectation would be that the marines in information are support teams in the forces necessary to do the things you eluded to a minute ago, would be resourced. where you see the price being paid is units at home station, again, already in the greatest state of readiness. this further exacerbates that readiness, but does not affect the readiness of forces deployed. we would make every effort to ensure that was not the case
on the issue of libya today, stunning the lack of coordination between the intelligence community and the state department and now that we're reacting when we could have been proactive, didn't have a marine corp. attachment on the ground, in tripoli, the embassy, pretended it was a permissive environment, which was stunning to me costing the lives of the u.s. ambassador and two of his co-workers. with that said, let me put a question out to the united states marine corp.. with our ability to...
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the same statement about the people is ambassador stevens is killed, therefore let's walk away from libya. i just don't think is intellectually indefensible. you have to say, which elements of pakistan are the progressives if we believe they exist and i believe they do. which elements do have common issues with us? if we are to look forward to pakistan opening up, if we are to look forward to pakistan's energy self-sufficient has proper education up into the world economy, and therefore less susceptible perhaps to extremism in the country. i think we have to do a better job and i think many people in this room have an understanding of pakistan and gmail who are the people we had to work with? it's not pakistan as such. given the flawed relations of institutions in the country. usually choose to work with and which then how could we work i had, but we are going to create strategic partnership in 12 areas. your cyberculture, water and we're going to do bilaterally. we will have a one-size-fits-all institutional links. some of these problems are give into that kind kind of structure. so we h
the same statement about the people is ambassador stevens is killed, therefore let's walk away from libya. i just don't think is intellectually indefensible. you have to say, which elements of pakistan are the progressives if we believe they exist and i believe they do. which elements do have common issues with us? if we are to look forward to pakistan opening up, if we are to look forward to pakistan's energy self-sufficient has proper education up into the world economy, and therefore less...
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. >> governor kaine, turning to libya, there's reports suggesting the u.s. consulate in benghazi nay not have had security despite the warnings of the heightened risks. do you think the obama situation could have handled better before or after the attack? >> i don't know the details. we have to study it. i'm sure the answer to the question is yes. when something goes wrong, there's always something you could have done better. whiffs governor, but -- when i was governor, by darkest actually was april 2007, a shooting in virginia tech, the worst crime in the history of the state. i landed in japan on a trade mission, and i got back on, flew back, and i dealt with grieving family members in the community, and what i said from day one is we're going to put in place a panel of people with a broad expertise with no connection to virginia tech, and we'll have them turn it upside down to determine everything that could have been done different to minimize the chance that anything like that happens again. we can't prevent it, but we can minimize that chance. we found
. >> governor kaine, turning to libya, there's reports suggesting the u.s. consulate in benghazi nay not have had security despite the warnings of the heightened risks. do you think the obama situation could have handled better before or after the attack? >> i don't know the details. we have to study it. i'm sure the answer to the question is yes. when something goes wrong, there's always something you could have done better. whiffs governor, but -- when i was governor, by darkest...
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and you had this wave of protests and revolution in tunisia, libya, egypt, bahrain, syria, yemen. the heartland of al qaeda and al qaeda was absolutely irrelevant to it. doesn't mean al qaeda won't exploit it but it was irrelevant to the movement. and what was tis movement about? this movement was about responsive government, responsible government, transparent government. the rule of law. democracy, voting -- wait a minute. wait. we know something about this stuff. as disruptive as the arab awakening has been, as, in the near term in midterm caused us some serious diplomatic and maybe even counterterrorism challenges, over the longer term it has created a new dialogue in this deep fight, a dialogue about which we have genuine legitimacy and can offer views. so in my personal view for the first time we actually can engage in this deeper idealogical conflict in a way that which never have before. so at the end of the day, what that means is, other elements of the american government, besides your intelligence and security services, besides the department of defense and the cia, nee
and you had this wave of protests and revolution in tunisia, libya, egypt, bahrain, syria, yemen. the heartland of al qaeda and al qaeda was absolutely irrelevant to it. doesn't mean al qaeda won't exploit it but it was irrelevant to the movement. and what was tis movement about? this movement was about responsive government, responsible government, transparent government. the rule of law. democracy, voting -- wait a minute. wait. we know something about this stuff. as disruptive as the arab...
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diplomatic outposts in libya and egypt, romney jumped to accuse obama of disgraceful handling of the situation, including sympathizing with those who waged the attacks instead of condemning them, and making it a quote apology for american principles. again, we fact checked that and we pointed out that neither an unofficial statement from the cairo embassy nor statement from secretary of state hillary clinton, nor obama's own statement had any sympathy for the attackers. and religious incitement from the anti-muslim film didn't come anywhere close to being an apology. again, by any definition. so i have a feeling that romney stands ready to apply this overly broad definition of apology at any opportunity in the debates or during the endgame of the campaign. >> thank you, jim. before i make my own prediction, i want to know something kind of remarkable has happened the last couple of days. both candidates have been asked about and referred to fact-checking, and their reaction to the. we've got a clip i think of what president obama said in a "60 minutes" interview. this was not put on
diplomatic outposts in libya and egypt, romney jumped to accuse obama of disgraceful handling of the situation, including sympathizing with those who waged the attacks instead of condemning them, and making it a quote apology for american principles. again, we fact checked that and we pointed out that neither an unofficial statement from the cairo embassy nor statement from secretary of state hillary clinton, nor obama's own statement had any sympathy for the attackers. and religious incitement...
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our ambassador to libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. some of you that we are at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. i'm often asked why, what can we do about it, to leave the middle east to stability and ease the suffering and anger and the hate and violence? obviously religious extremism is certainly a part of the problem, but that's not the whole story. the population of the middle east is very young, as you know, particularly in comparison with a population of the developed nations. and typically these young people, as the president indicated a moment ago, don't have a lot of job prospects. the levels of youth unemployment across the region are excessive and chronic. and in nations that have undergone a change in leadership recently, young people have greater access to information. in the past that was being carefully guarded by tyrants and dictators. but now it's available. they see the good as well as the bad in surrounding societies. they cannot organize across vast reg
our ambassador to libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. some of you that we are at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. i'm often asked why, what can we do about it, to leave the middle east to stability and ease the suffering and anger and the hate and violence? obviously religious extremism is certainly a part of the problem, but that's not the whole story. the population of the middle east is very young, as you know,...
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in libya they're trying to cooperate with us. they're allowing us to move forward. we should work with them and strengthen them, not abandon them. and i didn't mention pakistan but that's important too. let me just say it's outrageous that doctor is being held there. i believe every charge against him is trumped up, and i think we should demand and i think it is right to condition some if not all of our foreign aid and cooperation with pakistan on his status and on his release. i hope senator paul and those who support his amendment will consider at a minimum restructuring that amendment to recognize that there's a difference between libya and egypt, and we should take different approaches in that regard. we have a right to be trainld, we have a right to be angry, but we should never abandon being smart. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina is recognized. mrs. hagan: i ask unanimous consent i be permitted to speak up to 1015 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so
in libya they're trying to cooperate with us. they're allowing us to move forward. we should work with them and strengthen them, not abandon them. and i didn't mention pakistan but that's important too. let me just say it's outrageous that doctor is being held there. i believe every charge against him is trumped up, and i think we should demand and i think it is right to condition some if not all of our foreign aid and cooperation with pakistan on his status and on his release. i hope senator...